«For You will save the humble people, but will bring down haughty looks»
(Psalm 18:27).
THE NAZIS FEARED an epidemic of typhus, so they allowed Polish nurses to enter the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw. One of those nurses, who was also a social worker, was named Irena Sendler (1910-2008). Horrified by what she saw there (as horrific as what was being lived was for world history), Irena wondered what she could do to alleviate so much pain and misery for a group of people that was not even her own. The first thing she did was to show solidarity with them by putting on a bracelet with the star of David on it. In that way she also avoided drawing attention to herself, which give her a greater freedom to save lives clandestinely.
The second thing she did was to get in touch with the fathers and mothers of Jewish children in the ghetto, to offer them her help in getting them out She could not give them a guarantee of success, but she could try. She knew that if she could not get them out of that place, they would all end up dying in Nazi concentration camps—that is, if they managed to survive the infectious diseases that surrounded them in the ghetto. Many fathers and mothers did not want to give up their children, but she urged them to do so; those who did not, lost them either because of disease or because they were taken on death trains.
Irena availed herself of all that was within her power to save the little ones: trash cans, toolboxes, merchandise shipments… She elaborated hundreds of false documents and kept the true identity of the children on pieces of paper so that they would someday be reunited with their families. For more than a year, Irena managed to save more than two thousand five hundred Jewish children. When the Nazis became aware of her activities, they arrested, imprisoned, and tortured her. But she survived all that. »The angel of the Warsaw Ghetto» left an incredible legacy in this world in favor of salvation.
She knew that if she could not get them out of that place, they would all end up dying in Nazi concentration camps—that is, if they managed to survive the infectious diseases that surrounded them in the ghetto. Many fathers and mothers did not want to give up their children, but she urged them to do so; those who did not, lost them either because of disease or because they were taken on death trains.
We live today under the constant threat of facing death, both physical and spiritual, but we have a Savior who has given everything in order to rescue us. The Angel of the Lord defends us, forgives us our sin, frees us from eternal death. He is the Savior of His people. Thank You, Lord; nothing would be the same if it had not been for You.
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Take From: Daily Devotions for Women’s 2020
«One Day at a Time»
From: Patricia Muñoz Bertozzi
Collaborators: Lorina Maya & Alejandra Zavala
